2012 NBA ECF on ESPN Theme Game 5 BOS @ MIA 

One of the best series of 2010s.

@@ardaakdeniz3905 To think that Celtics did not have Jeff Green, Avery Bradley, and Jermaine O' Neal (waived due to season-ending wrist injury), and they were able to push the prime Heatles to a game 7, even grabbing a 3-2 lead. This team's chemistry was something else. I remember everyone thought this would be a 5-game series in favor of Miami. I, as a celtics fan, was also surprised they were able to outplay Miami in games 2,3,4,5, and even 7 (just ran out of gas. Age finally caught up. They could not hit anything after that Allen 3-pointer which gave them 1 pt lead midway through the 4th). Damn, what a series this was! Also, credit to LeBron James, he did not really allow the big 3 to knock him out for the 3rd time in 5 seasons. That would have been a major blow to his legacy.

@@brenttenorio9265 Agreed. Although they benefited from Chris Bosh's injury ( he missed the first 4 games and played at a minutes restriction in game 5 ), Celtics pretty much didn't have a bench and just willed their way to a 3-2 lead with some great performances from Rondo and Garnett. Rondo's game 2 was legendary. He had 44/8/10 on %66.7 FG and was making his 3's and FT's. Wonder how that series would have went with a healthy Avery Bradley and a decent bench. And this was one of the best series of Lebron in my opinion. He averaged 33.6/11.0/3.9/1.1/1.3 on %58.7 TS in a defense oriented series. And he played great defense too.